MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 17:28
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Memory 55.5 1-Core 84.6 2-Core 120 51% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 176 20% 158 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3727) 3GB; Gigabyte G1 Gaming 3g CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 64.8 55% 65.4 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 66.8 54% 65.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7TN6S256G1001 256GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3561201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1721 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 867 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 27 (AE) Unknown 100 100 150 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 100 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 67 287763857459 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 100 15644754 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9429 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8213 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8219 (F9) Unknown 100 100 5203	67.8% Good	Read 440 Write 300 Mixed 326 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 21.5 80% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 56.2 72% 130 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 96%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 303GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 61530976 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 762 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37056542 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 779 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 689766438 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10117 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 98784247846 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 96830037689640 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16080040548 (F2) Unknown 100 253 776542252679	83.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 137 Mixed 110 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.66 197% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 12.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 142 28% 142 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	87x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	62x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $25Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	10x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16